Capriccio illusionniste à l’Opéra Garnier

By Caroline Dessaint, 25 January 2016

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“Emily Magee nous subjugue peu à peu par la délicatesse de son phrasé comme par la douceur de sa voix”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris on 19 January 2016

Strauss R., Capriccio

Opéra national de Paris

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Robert Carsen, Director

Michael Levine, Set Designer

Anthony Powell, Costume Designer

Emily Magee, The Countess

Lauri Vasar, Olivier

Benjamin Bernheim, Flamand

Michaela Schuster, Clairon

Wolfgang Koch, The Count

Lars Woldt, La Roche

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

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Caroline Dessaint

Caroline est étudiante en musicologie à la Sorbonne et au Conservatoire de Paris. Depuis longtemps, elle se passionne pour la musique vocale et c’est plus particulièrement à l’art lyrique français de la fin du XIXe siècle qu’elle consacre ses recherches.